A sheriff shall preserve the peace using force only as permitted pursuant to 20 V.S.A.
chapter 151. A sheriff may apprehend, without warrant, individuals assembled in disturbance
of the peace and bring them before the Criminal Division of the Superior Court, which
shall proceed with such individuals as with individuals brought before it by process
issued by the court. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, eff. July 1, 1965, operative Feb. 1, 1967; 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 78, eff. April 9, 1974; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238; 2023, No. 30, § 8, eff. May 31, 2023.)
Doe v. Forrest, 2004 VT 37 (Vt. 2004). “• If, for example, the damages sought resulted from the robbing of another store while Forrest was engaged in sexual misconduct and not performing his duties, plaintiffs theory would better fit the statutory language.”
McLaughlin v. State, 642 A.2d 683 (Vt. 1994). “While county sheriffs’ departments provide peace officers for their communities, see 24 V.S.A. § 299, they also provide a state function in the transportation of prisoners and mental patients.”
Town of Stowe v. Cnty. of Lamoille, 362 A.2d 159 (Vt. 1976). “§ 75, which directs the county to provide adequate telephone service for the sheriff, the lower court, in connection with the sheriff’s powers, cited 24 V.S.A. §§ 299 and 300: A sheriff shall preserve the peace, and suppress, with force and strong hand, if necessary, unlawful…”
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